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30 recorded sales · median £282,500 · St Albans
St Albans Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 44/56 seats · 79% · OCD 2026
78/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£283k
median price
7.6
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£283k
median sold price
15 yrs
of local pay to buy
20 min
London — fastest
6
rail stations mapped
1
grammar school
80
schools total
7.6
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
301
Violence — most
10.8
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.4%
in a flood zone
167
green spaces
7.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
352
eat & drink
77
shops
86.1%
gigabit
29
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£231,750 in 1999 → £465,500 in 2021
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider St Albans, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-08
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £282,500. That's about 15× local earnings — around the 16.9× five-year average.
Sold price history
2021 · 3 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 30 sales£282,500
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay15× · five-year average 16.9×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from St Albans19.4%
Of the homes across St Albans that sold again within five years, 19.4% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Detached houses0%
Semi-detached houses0%
Terraced houses3%
Flats20.9%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new28.5%
Bought second-hand17.2%
Overall
Typical resale gain+15.1% · ~7.9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (1,255 resale pairs) across St Albans — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership71%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,352
St Albans City and District Council£214
Hertfordshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,858
Police & Crime Commissioner£280
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,568
Band B£1,830
Band C£2,091
Band D (baseline)£2,352
Band E£2,875
Band F£3,398
Band G£3,921
Band H£4,705
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in St Albans how Woodcock Hill compares · from St Albans
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: King Harry Park +37.9%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Harry Park | £824,000 | +37.9% | 114 |
| Batford | £600,000 | +35.8% | 190 |
| Cotlandswick | £445,000 | +27.1% | 52 |
| Bernards Heath | £642,500 | +24.8% | 140 |
| Townsend | £707,500 | +21.7% | 96 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Woodcock Hill — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Woodcock Hill Sandridge | Semi-detached | — | — | £645,000 | Dec 2023 |
| FAIRSHOT COURT WOODCOCK HILL | Flat | — | — | £449,500 | Nov 2022 |
| FAIRSHOT COURT WOODCOCK HILL | Flat | — | — | £465,500 | Aug 2021 |
| Flat 3 Fairshot Court Woodcock Hill Sandridge | Flat | — | — | £480,000 | Aug 2021 |
| Flat 7 Fairshot Court Woodcock Hill Sandridge | Flat | — | — | £435,000 | Apr 2021 |
| Flat 3 Fairshot Court Woodcock Hill Sandridge | Flat | — | — | £485,000 | May 2018 |
| WESTHILL WOODCOCK HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £800,000 | Aug 2016 |
| FAIRSHOT COURT WOODCOCK HILL | Flat | — | — | £355,000 | Mar 2015 |
| Orchard Cottage Woodcock Hill Sandridge | Detached | — | — | £1,130,000 | Feb 2014 |
| 13, Woodcock Hill Sandridge | Semi-detached | — | — | £345,000 | Jan 2014 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from St Albans
Crime runs at 7.6 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month7.6
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from St Albans
Recorded crimes by category across the whole St Albans district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from St Albans
Population148,167
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 9/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 85% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 9/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 9/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 85% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 9 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
7.9/10
Employment
8.3/10
Education & skills
8.8/10
Health & disability
8.9/10
Crime
7.5/10
Housing & services
8.3/10
Living environment
5.8/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider St Albans — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+63%
Unemployment · economically active residents3.9%
Degree-level (Level 4+)53%
Good or very good health88%
Own their home71%
Median age41.7
Born outside the UK17%
See the full St Albans report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandridge School | Primary | — | 0.1 km |
| Sandringham School | Secondary | Outstanding ('24) | 1.4 km |
| Skyswood Primary & Nursery School | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 1.5 km |
| Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 1.6 km |
| Wheatfields Junior Mixed School | Primary | — | 1.6 km |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | — | 1.7 km |
| Busy Bees (Marshalswick) Ltd | Nursery | Outstanding ('20) | 1.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Kindergarten | Nursery | Outstanding ('24) | 2.4 km |
| Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans | Nursery | Good ('22) | 2.4 km |
| Oakwood Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 2.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 82.8 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 85.5 yrs |
| Smoking | 4.2% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 63.2% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
16
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 3.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Farm Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Jersey Farm Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 1.2 km |
| Quadrant Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 2.0 km |
| Happy Family Dental | Dentist | — | 2.0 km |
| Meera Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 2.4 km |
| High Oaks Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 3.2 km |
| Morrisons Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 3.4 km |
| Marford Road Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 3.4 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from St Albans
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 20 min from St Albans City.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans City | 2.5 mi | London St Pancras | 20 min |
| St Albans Abbey | 3.2 mi | — | no direct train |
| Harpenden | 3.4 mi | London St Pancras | 26 min |
| Hatfield (Herts) | 3.6 mi | London St Pancras | 31 min |
| Welwyn Garden City | 4.2 mi | London St Pancras | 36 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from St Albans City (20 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging10 points
Per 10,000 residents0.7
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from St Albans
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1003.1%
Flood zone1.4% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)
Historic landfill137 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings835
Conservation areas45
Green belt81.5%
Green spaces167
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from St Albans
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 352 | 92% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 77 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 29 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 167 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from St Albans
Figures for the wider St Albans — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate3.9%
In work (employment rate)62.8%
Companies registered here44,225
New incorporations (12m)4,865
Property companies (SPVs)4,877
See the full St Albans report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district